Sorry I didn't update last weekend, but I've been super busy planning something big to kick off the summer. Enjoy the chapter and comment. 😉😎

When Jay opened his eyes, he expected to be in his bed, but he wasn't. Instead, he was in a very dark cell and the only light source can from the torch on the wall. Jay tried to walk around, but quickly realized that he was chained to the wall.

He quickly noticed the keys, but there was on problem. They were hanging on the key hanger on the other side of the cell.

"Where am I?" Jay asked himself as he tried to break the chains off his wrist, but was unsuccessful in doing so.

"You're in my prison." A voice said to him. Jay turned and saw the ghost man from earlier appear out of nowhere.

"Who are you?" Jay asked, terrified.

"I am the man who's going to take down the ninja, with your help." He said with a large smirk on his ghostly face.

"I'm not going to help you!" Jay yelled at him angrily.

"I'm afraid you don't have a choice." Clouse said, still smirking. "The other ninja are already coming to get you back. But when they come here, they'll fall right into my trap."

Before Jay could say anything, Clouse disappeared and left a very scared little Jay in the cell. Jay couldn't hold it anymore, he started crying and hoped the others would be okay.
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The other ninja finally arrived at their destination. It was the Anacondrai Tomb.

"How do you know that Clouse is here, Nya?" Kai asked little sister.

"Clouse would go somewhere he feels at home. And what's more homier than a tomb that belonged to the tribe that he worshipped?" Nya said, clearing it up for the boys.

"Okay," Lloyd said. "Let's see what's inside."

When they entered, they saw it was nothing like it previously was. There were chairs, a table, and other pieces of furniture in the lair. He even had a bookshelf filled with spell books. It looked like Clouse used his magic to make the tomb look a lot nicer.

"Let's find Jay and get out of here." Cole said to the others.

They walked into the tomb and found five different hallways leading in different directions. They couldn't tell which one lead where.

"Zane, what do your scanners say?" Kai asked as he looked at each passage.

"My scanners do not appear to be working. Clouse must have found a way to interfere with them." Zane replied.

"Great, so what do we do? Just pick a hall and hope we get lucky?" Cole asked.

"Well, do you have a better plan?" Nya asked him. Cole was then quiet and Nya said, "I didn't think so." So, they each chose a hall and went to find their little ninja.

Kai wondered down his hall looking for any sign of Jay, or of Clouse. Part of him hoped he'd find Jay, so he could apologize for yelling at him. The other part hoped he'd run into Clouse, and find some water to throw on him so he wouldn't be a problem anymore.

But Kai was also feeling guilty right now. If he didn't yell at Jay, then he wouldn't have been captured by Clouse.

'If we get him back, I promise that I'll never yell at him ever again.' Kai thought as he walked down the hall.

Kai then stopped in his tracks when he heard what sounded like someone crying. He peeked in a nearby door and saw just the kid he was looking for.

He saw Jay was chained to the wall. He also noticed that Jay looked very scared. Tears were pouring down his cheeks and he was frowning.

This only made Kai madder than he was before. Even though Jay annoyed him like crazy, both older and younger, no messed with Kai's family, especially his sisters boyfriend.

Kai slipped into the cell and grabbed the keys from the key hanger. He then ran over to Jay and whispered-shouted, "Jay! Are you alright?"

Jay looked up at him and smiled. "Kai, I'm so happy to see you!" He whispered-shouted back.

"Who isn't happy to see me?" Kai asked as he started unchaining Jay from the wall.

"Kai, I'm sorry I didn't listen to you. I should have just stayed in my room like I was suppose to." Jay said, looking guilty about it.

"It's my fault too." Kai said, looking just as guilty. "I should have been keeping a better eye on you instead of just being mad at you. And yelling didn't help at all."

"So, are we good now?" Jay asked, now out of the chains.

"We're good now." Kai said and offered Jay a fist bump, but instead, got a hug from him, and returned the hug.

The hug was cut short when they both heard clapping coming from behind them. They quickly broke apart and turned to see Clouse standing there, a large smirk on his face.

Kai grabbed Jay and pushed him behind him, but still held his grip on him. He didn't want to give Clouse a chance to hurt his little brother, not again.

"Hello Master of Fire, come for your young friend?" Clouse asked in a taunting way.

Jay gripped Kai in fear, and that only made Kai's own grip on Jay tighten too. The last thing he wanted to do was let Clouse take Jay all over again. Then, an idea came to Kai's mind.

"Jay, run." Kai ordered him.

"But Kai–" Jay started, but Kai interrupted him. "Jay, go now."

This time, Jay listened to Kai and ran out of the door, leaving Kai all alone with Clouse.

Jay ran as fast as he could out of the room and through the hallway. He needed to find the other ninja fast.

Jay was going so fast that he accidentally ran into something, or someone, and fell to the floor.

"Jay!" A familiar voice said to him. Jay looked up and saw Cole running over to him, ready for a hug. They tightly embraced for a moment before Jay remember that Kai was in trouble.

"Cole, Kai's in trouble!" He told the older ninja.

"What happened?" Cole asked, now very serious. Jay quickly explained the situation to him and waited to hear what was going to happen next.

"Okay," Cole said. "I'm going to go and help Kai, you go and get the others."

"I'm on it!" Jay yelled as he ran further down the hallway. It wasn't long until he bumped into someone else.

"Jay!" Jay heard three people say before he was pulled into yet another tight hug. He saw Nya, Lloyd, and Zane all squeezing him.

"Guys, Cole and Jai are in danger!" Jay told them as he escaped their tight hug. He told them everything that happened.

"Nya, take Jay to safety. The rest of us will help Kai and Cole." Lloyd ordered.

No one argued. Jay and Nya left the building and set off for the Temple of Airjitzu. After a few hours, the others eventually came back.

"Did you beat Clouse?" Nya asked them.

"No, he got away." Lloyd answered.

"But we did manage to get this." Cole said, as Kai showed Nya a spell book. "And if you look on page 38, you'll find one reversal spell for turning someone into a child."

"That's great!" Nya exclaimed.

So, before Jay went to bed that night, the others casted the spell and hoped it'd work.

"We will see in the morning." Zane said. But everyone could sleep. They wanted to know if they would be getting their friend back, or still have a little ninja to take care of.